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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Retires F/A-18 Hornet This Week

November 30, 2021 GDC 0

The Australian Air Force is planning to retire old F/A-18A/B Classic Hornet fighters. The first RAAF Hornets to arrive in Australia were flown from the US to Avalon, Victoria in June 1984. The A21-103 model […]

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  • U.S. Navy’s DDG 51 Destroyer Starts SPY-6 Radar Testing

    December 27, 2021 0
    Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar attained another milestone when the future USS Jack H. Lucas achieved “light off” on its Aegis Combat System, marking the beginning of on-board system testing [...]
  • Ukraine will receive additional Leopard 2 battle tanks from Spain

    April 25, 2024 0
    The Spanish Ministry of Defense has announced plans to send additional Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The decision entails the overhaul and commissioning of 19 Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks, which will be deployed to [...]
  • Cars registered in Russia could no longer enter the European Union, says EU commission

    October 9, 2023 0
    The EU Commission decided in September that cars registered in Russia could no longer enter the EU. This decision made it significantly more challenging for Russians to cross borders into countries like Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, [...]
  • Ali Khamenei asked his close confidant to move his family members to Russia

    June 16, 2025 0
    Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was moved to an underground bunker in Lavizan in northeastern Tehran hours after Israel began its attacks on Tehran early Friday, two informed sources inside Iran told Iran International. Iran, [...]
  • Raytheon’s Shipboard Modular AN/SPY-6 Radar

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  • RoK Navy’s Released First Photo Of Envisioned Aircraft Carrier

    January 8, 2021 0
    South Korea’s Navy has shared images of the country’s first aircraft carrier. The unnamed ship, which will carry the vertical takeoff and landing version of the F-35B, will take to the seas sometime in the 2030s. The [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

June 5, 2025 0

North Korean 140mm towed mortars have been spotted in use by Russian forces, adding to a growing list of foreign-supplied weaponry now deployed in Moscow’s war effort. The new mortar has a maximum range of […]

Europe

CZ Group Unveils BREN 3 Assault Rifles at IDET 2025 in Brno

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Europe

British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

May 28, 2025 0

The British Army has test-fired the latest Javelin command launch unit at a record range of 4 kilometers (2.48 miles). The record shot at Salisbury Plains demonstrated the Javelin’s Lightweight Command Launch Unit’s (LWCLU) enhanced […]

Central Asia

Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

May 26, 2025 0

Kazakhstan has launched the construction phase of a new industrial facility for the production of artillery ammunition in cooperation with a partner from Singapore. The upcoming plant will manufacture 122mm, 152mm, and 155mm caliber artillery […]

Europe

British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

May 25, 2025 0

A British defense startup has unveiled a new ramjet-powered artillery round designed to deliver long-range precision effects in future combat environments. Tiberius Aerospace, founded in 2022 and rooted in Silicon Valley practices, introduced its flagship […]

Infantry Weapons

India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

May 25, 2025 0

The Indian Army has begun fielding the Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle. The deployment follows Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, a fully foreign-owned subsidiary of Saab AB, establishing a new production facility in India. According to […]

  • Europe

    Ukraine shot down 52 Iranian-made Shahed drones in Kyiv using German-made Gepard anti-air gun

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 and Su-75 Checkmate Are Doomed, Amid Crippling Sanctions

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    Germany Takes Step To Clear Turkish Request To Purchase 40 Eurofighter Typhoon Jets

  • Europe

    Saab’s MSHORAD System Successfully Demonstrated with Live Firing

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    Spain cleared to buy three batteries of Patriot missile defense system after it donates Patriot missile to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Putin’s ally, former MP and gold medallist died falling from window in wave of mysterious deaths in Russia

  • Infantry Weapons

    S-400 Is A Strategic Mistake For India, Doesn’t Solve India’s Problems

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall To Bid For Future German Air Defense System

  • Europe

    Russia paid $2 billion gold bullion to purchase Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones

  • Defense Industry

    French Kiss: Egypt Becomes The Largest Customer Of French Weapons

  • Americas

    Poland Orders Three more Kormoran II MCM Vessels

  • Air Platform

    China’s J-20 fighter jet enters into mass production stage

  • Air Platform

    Turkey delivers first Bayraktar TB2 UCAV to Ukrainian Navy

  • Europe

    Turkish Stopgap Options For Fighter Jets

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army General Waker-uz-Zaman Could Face Western Sanctions And International Criminal Court For Deploying UN-marked Vehicles To Shoot Protesters

  • Air Platform

    Outdated and Unreliable Su-57 Forced Russia to Send 12 Years Old ‘Prototype 054’ Su-57 to India, China and UAE

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The JMSDF Has Commissioned First Maya-class Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan Christens Indigenous Landing Platform Dock

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    LAND 400 Phase III: Australian Army Shortlist Rheinmetall Defence and Hanwha Defense

  • Europe

    Sweden Purchases Leopard Tanks Worth $2 Billion

  • Air Platform

    Greek PM Announces Rafale Purchase as Turkey tensions rise

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    Saab Trials New X-band AESA Radar on Gripen D

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces ‘Sayeret Matkal’ raided and destroyed Iranian chemical weapons factory in Syria, reports say

  • Europe

    Serbia To Purchase Bayraktar TB2 Drones From Turkey

  • Middle East

    The Elite And The Best: Israeli Special Forces Units

  • Africa

    TPLF Shot Down Mi-35 Helicopter

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys 2S22 Bohdana 3.0 Artillery Against Russian Forces

  • Air Platform

    Japan’s ruling coalition approves export of sixth-gen joint fighter jet, amid China tensions

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    DARPA’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Prototype Completes Test Flight

  • Africa

    China exports first HJ-12 ATGM to Nigeria

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Started Serial Production Of Hurjet Trainer/Light Attack Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Russian Air Defense Systems Have Drone Headache

  • Air Platform

    Saab offers Gripen E Fighter Jets For Upcoming Indian Air Force’s Tender

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Christened 70th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

  • Europe

    The Netherlands Delivers YPR-765 Infantry Vehicles To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China First Policy: Pakistan to Protect Gwadar Ports From India

  • Europe

    Turkiye’s Drone Carrier LHD TCG Anadolu Starts Sea Trial

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan And U.S. Vow To Fight Back If China Attacks Taiwan

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia’s Verba man-portable air defense system contains Swiss-made seeker components

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s HIMARS strikes destroyed key Kursk bridge

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Plans To Sell Su-57E To Myanmar and Vietnam At $100 Million Apiece

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down One Su-34, Two Su-30SM And One Su-25 In Kharkiv

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian F-16 pilots will be ready for combat sorties in July

  • Europe

    Polish Coast Guard to procure OPV from France

  • Americas

    BAE Systems to delay delivery of Howitzers to US Army

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas MK2 Ambitious Medium Weight Fighter jets, can HAL achieve MK2?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China is belligerent and a bully, says former Prime Minister Tony Abbott

  • C4iSR

    Why Russian Air Defense Systems Are Vulnerable to Electronic Attack?

  • Anti-air Missiles

    India to shelf Akash and Trishul SAM as the radar can’t see the target

  • Infantry Weapons

    Swedish Defense Giant Saab to Setup Carl-gustaf Manufacturing Facility In India

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